Are Women People? The Songs of Lori Laitman

World Premiere recordings: *

Orange Afternoon Lover

Poems by Margaret Atwood

Maureen McKay, soprano; Andrew Rosenblum, piano

1. I. Against Still Life

2. II. I Was Reading a Scientific Article

3. III. I Am Sitting on the Edge

*Are Women People?

Poems by Alice Duer Miller, speech by Susan B. Anthony, text from The U.S. Constitution

Fourth Coast Ensemble: Sarah van der Ploeg, soprano; Bridget Skaggs, mezzo-soprano; Ace Gangoso, tenor; David Govertsen, baritone; Piano: Andrew Rosenblum, primo; Maria Sumareva, secondo

*4. I. A Suggested Campaign Song

*5. II. Without the Power to Vote

*6. III. Take Pity

*7. IV. Warning to Suffragists

*8. V. Relic

*9. VI. The Most Ignorant

*10. VII. Home and Where It Is

*11. VIII. The 19th Amendment

*12. Lullaby [World Premiere Recording of violin/piano version]

Tarn Travers, violin; Andrew Rosenblum, piano

*Dark Spring

Poems by Eugenio Montale, translated by Dana Gioia

Kyle Knapp, tenor; Andrew Rosenblum, piano

*13. I. The Flower on the Mountainside

*14. II. The Spirit

*15. III. Scissors, Don’t Cut Away

*16. IV. You Know This

Days and Nights

Poems by Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, Francis Bourdillon, and Christina Rossetti

Nicole Cabell, soprano; Andrew Rosenblum, piano

17. I. Along with Me

18. II. They Might Not Need Me

19. III. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

20. IV. Over The Fence

21. V. Song

22. VI. Wild Nights

*23. Distant Lyghts

Tarn Travers, violin; Andrew Rosenblum, piano

*24. Marriage of Many Years

Poem by Dana Gioia 

Maureen McKay, soprano; Lori Laitman, piano

*25. The Treasure Song

Libretto by Dana Gioia, from the opera The Three Feathers 

Daniel Belcher, baritone; Andrew Rosenblum, piano

Total Time: 64:04

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